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Tune Your World

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Final Chance to Vote: Tune Your World = Music + Microfinance

Make A Difference for Working Musicians Around the World. Vote for our Idea: Tune Your World = Music + Microfinance. We're in the finals round at the business idea contest site Ideablob.com. The prize is $10,000. We need your vote by midnight on May 31.

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Calabash Music is a socially responsible music company that is supporting the careers of many of the most talented musicians from every country in the world. Calabash is a new approach to trading and networking around music.
Change the Way the World Finances Music
Microfinance a Working Musician and do a world of good.
Calabash is applying the principles of microfinancing to the music industry. Our groundbreaking approach is the creation of peer-to-peer microfinancing of new music projects. We're using the power of online social networking to deliver start-up capital to aspiring musicians from developing countries around the world.
Fan Funded Music
Tune Your World operates on a people-to-people model: Musicians obtain funding for their recordings from their fans -- without giving up ownership or control. Fans and Sponsors are able to feel a personal connection with a music project and get progress updates from Musicians. So, instead of buying music via a distribution network that prevents most of your money from getting to the artist, peer-to-peer microfinancing lets you sponsor small amounts directly to any musician that you choose. Learn more
    We're providing opportunities for revitalizing the music industry in places where the music industry has never really worked very well.We have built a micro-finance platform (at www.tuneyourworld.com )allowing music fans to back their favorite artist while sharing in their financial success.We're developing a mobile delivery, promotion and payment platform allowing direct engagement between artists and fans at live events and distributing music in parts of the world where personal computers with broad band connections are rare.We're creating a micro-publishing and syndication platform allowing artists and fans to create and sell mp3 albums on their own web site or blog.We're taking advantage of creative commons-style licensing allowing for flexible pricing and multiple uses for music content and creating new sources of revenue for both mash-up artists and original content owners.We're partnered with the most respected media companies with large and dedicated audiences who want to learn about world culture including: National Geographic, Discovery Channel, the BBC and Public Radio InternationalWe're applying socially responsible practices to the independent music industry that place artists in control of their music.
If you are looking to get your music on our site and sell worldwide, go to calabashmusic.com and follow the "musicians" link in the footer.
If you want to support great music from everywhere -- visit CalabashMusic.com
Featured Calabash Video: Samba Tremeterra 'Brazil Carnival' The Brazilian Samba drummers and dancers of the batucada group, Samba Tremeterra have been performing under Deraldo Ferreira's direction for several years. Based out of the Brazilian Cultural Center of New England, the group is the real thing. The Cultural Center was recently named an international Culture Point by none other than Brazil's Minister of Culture, Gilberto Gil.

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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

independent musicians from around the world, independent music producers from around the world, music podcasters, radio djs, anyone connected to the global music scene.
people who are exploring new sounds from around the world, people who love to travel, people who play music, people who love to dance, people who speak several languages, people who like legal downloads, people who like to help artists support themselves through their music
people who want free downloads (new song every week!)

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Music:

Africando , Amestoy Trio , Angelique Kidjo ,Astrid Hadad ,Aterciopelados , Baaba Maal , Bebel Gilberto , Bole 2Harlem , Bongo Flava ,Bossacucanova , Boubacar Traore , Cabruera , CaetanoVeloso , Cheb Mami ,Cibelle , Daara J , D'Gary ,Eliades Ochoa ,Emeline Michel , Fela Kuti , Femi Kuti , Gangbe BrassBand , Gigi , Gilberto Gil ,, King Sunny Ade ,Jaojoby , Kekele , Khaled , Konono No 1 , Lenine , Los Amigos Invisibles , Los Bunkers , Los De Abajo ,Los Tres , Manou Gallo , Manu Chao , Monica Salmaso , Mose FanFan , Niyaz , OliverMtukudzi , Omar Sosa , Orchestra Baobab , Paris Combo , Pau d'Agua , Rachid Taha , Rajery , Rokia Traore , Sara Tavares , SevaraNazarkhan , Seu Jorge , Souad Massi , Suba , Susana Baca , Tarika , Thione Seck , ThomasMapfumo , Tinariwen , TomZe , Tony Allen , TrioMocoto , Yerba Buena , ZapMama , Zuco 103 .

Movies:

Moro No Brasil, One Giant Leap, Buena Vista Social Club, Calle 54, Tsotsi, Amandla

Television:

LinkTV, Telesud, National Geographic

Books:

In Griot Time, The Brazilian Sound, The Latin Tinge, Mali Blues

My Blog

Last Chance to Vote: Tune Your World = Music + Microfinance

We've made the finals round!! As of midnight last night we were within 30 votes of the leader!! We need your vote by midnight on May 31 to win the $10,000 prize at Ideablob.com Just go to Ideablo...
Posted by CalabashMusic on Thu, 29 May 2008 06:34:00 PST

Samba Tremeterra Brazilian Carnival

It's Carnival season in Brazil!! But if you're not going to make it to Rio or Salvador here's the next best thing -- this live video of the dancers and drummers from Samba Tremeterra. Samba ...
Posted by CalabashMusic on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:32:00 PST

Writers! Get published on Calabash Music!

Calling all writers! We're looking for bloggers to contribute to our rapidly expanding Calabash News Service. Everything you need to know can be found at this link -- http://news.calabashmusic.com/wor...
Posted by CalabashMusic on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 09:20:00 PST

Calabash Buttons and Google Plug-ins Now Available!

Hello Calabashers, I wanted to let you all know that you can share your support for Calabash and our artists with our new buttons, now available right here.Make sure to check out the new google tool b...
Posted by CalabashMusic on Thu, 24 May 2007 11:33:00 PST

Refugee All Stars

Watch the VideoThe Refugee All Stars owes its international career to a documentary film. In 2002, Americans Zach Niles and Banker White were moving through the refugee camps of Guinea looking for mus...
Posted by CalabashMusic on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 12:44:00 PST

Zola - 'It's Your Life'

Zola, 'It's Your Life', from the Tsotsi album, is the Academy Award winning South African film about life in the townships. If you don't know Zola, you will. He got his start as an actor in a televisi...
Posted by CalabashMusic on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 12:47:00 PST

Aterciopelados - 'Oye'

Aterciopelados (Andrea Echeverri and Héctor Buitrago) return to the organic rock sound reminiscent of their earlier work with their first new studio album in five years, 'OYE' (Listen). The multiple G...
Posted by CalabashMusic on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:49:00 PST

Calabash Music Global Hip Hop Ticket Promotion

For all of you Global Hip-Hop loving fans out there we have got a sweet deal for you!Calabash Music and one of our hottest independent labels, Nomadic Wax, have teamed up for a kickin promotion.Nomadi...
Posted by CalabashMusic on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 06:30:00 PST

FREE SONG schedule on Calabash Music

here is the schedule for free single downloads on calabash music for all you music hungry folks out there . .  . remember just go to http://freesong.calabashmusic.com every friday to get yours.Fr...
Posted by CalabashMusic on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 01:42:00 PST

The Afrobeat Sudan Aid Project

The Afrobeat Sudan Aid Project featuring top musicians from around the world.Calabash Music and all of the artists are donating 100% proceeds from download sales of the Afrobeat Sudan Aid Project albu...
Posted by CalabashMusic on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:37:00 PST